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Buckingham Palace to undergo a 10-year £369 million refurbishment

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18th November 2016
It has just been announced by the Treasury that Buckingham Place will undergo a 10-year refurbishment costing the UK taxpayer £369m. The work, which will begin next April, will be the largest refurbishment Buckingham Palace has been subject to in recent time. The Queen will remain in residence during the work – but will have to move bedrooms. The work id being carried out because of aging…
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The Queen sends a message to the people of New Zealand following earthquakes

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15th November 2016
The Queen has sent a message to the people of New Zealand after a series of powerful earthquakes shook the country over the weekend. In the message, Her Majesty writes that she and Prince Philip were shocked to hear about the earthquakes that struck the country. In full, the Queen writes: “Prince Philip and I were shocked to hear news of the severe earthquakes that struck on Monday. I send…
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Theresa May set to go to war with The Queen after the Prime Minister scraps seven royal charters

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13th November 2016
Theresa May is set to have her first major dispute with Her Majesty The Queen as the British Prime Minister plans to scrap seven royal charters. Embed from Getty Images Mrs May is planning to axe royal charters from the UK’s research councils which generates £3billion per year into university laboratory funding, which helps discover some major scientific breakthroughs. A royal charter is…
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Queen attends her 71st Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph with her family

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13th November 2016
The Queen has led tributes to the British and Commonwealth war dead this weekend at the Remembrance Sunday service in central London. Thousands of people gathered at the Cenotaph for a two-minute silence at 11 o’clock to honour those killed in wars and conflicts past and…
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Royal Family to attend annual Festival of Remembrance tonight

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12th November 2016
The Queen will be joined by members of her family tonight for the annual Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall to honour the war dead. The service, which takes place every year, remembers those who have died in conflicts past and present. This year’s festival is particularly poignant because 2016 marks the centenaries of the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Jutland, the 25th…
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